Chad Michael Murray was still in his teens when he started modeling. He then began to focus on an acting career. He started on television doing minor guest roles in serials such as ’Diagnosis: Murder’ and ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’. The actor was cast as Tristan DuGrey in the first two seasons of the comedy ‘Gilmore Girls’. Soon after, he was cast as Lucas Scott, a reserved teenager, in the serial ‘One Tree Hill’; he worked in the serial for 6 seasons. He could relate well with Lucas Scott, for like the character, he too suffered abandonment by his mother while he was young. He also had important roles in a series of commercially successful feature films such as ‘Freaky Friday’, 'A Cinderella Story' and ‘House of Wax’. He received many Teen Choice awards and nomination for ‘One Tree Hill’, 'A Cinderella Story' and ‘House of Wax’. He had by now created a niche for himself as an actor who did teenage roles. He is now seen to be making attempts to shake out of the mold.

Chad Michael Murray moved to Hollywood in 1999, and began working as a model for Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci and Skechers. He guest-starred in an episode each of ’Diagnosis: Murder’ and ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’.

He was cast in the WB serial, ‘Gilmore Girls’, in 1999. His role as Tristan DuGrey was, at first, a main one, but from the second season onwards, it became a recurring role.

He had a supporting role in the 2003 film, ‘Freaky Friday’ which starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. The film was a box office hit, making $160,846,332 worldwide.

He starred in the title role in the WB TV movie, ‘The Lone Ranger’, in 2003. The film peeps into the life of Luke Hartman before he became the legendary Lone Ranger.

In 2004, he starred in the romantic comedy film, ‘A Cinderella Story’, with Hilary Duff and Jennifer Coolidge. It did well commercially and has a cult following, but was given a thumb down by critics.

In 2010, he featured in singer Alicia Keys' music video for the song, ‘Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)’, as her love interest. The video won the Outstanding Music Video at the 42nd NAACP Awards.

In, ‘Christmas Cupid’, a television film in 2010, aired as part of ABC’s 25 Days of Christmas programming block, he starred with Christina Milian and Ashley Benson, and was directed by Gil Junger.

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In 2013, he appeared in ‘Fruitvale Station’, a film narrating the last day of Oscar Grant, as one of the police officers who shot Grant dead at a BART station.

The actor had a major role as Cameron Buck Williams in the film, ‘Left Behind’, which released in June 2014. The film was panned by critics.

Chad Michael Murray played Lucas Scott, the chief protagonist in the WB TV series, ‘One Tree Hill’, in 2003. The series became very popular and 4.50 million people were glued to its first season finale.

His main role of Nick Jones, in the 2005 horror film, ‘House of Wax’, won him accolades. The film, an improvement over other teenage films, did well commercially, earning $70,064,800 internationally.

Murray married his ‘One Tree Hill’ co-star Sophia Bush in 2004, but the couple divorced a year later. He was engaged to Kenzie Dalton for seven years and called off the engagement in 2013. He is presently seeing actress Nicky Whelan.